ADRIFT IN A BALLOON.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1921, Page 5

ADRIFT IN A BALLOON.

PERILS OF THREE AIRMEN. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Jan. 10, 12.10 a.m. New York, Jan. 8. The first word concerning the indescribable hardships suffered by three naval airmen, who left New York in a balloon on December 13, has just been revealed in a letter received by the airmen’s wives. Thfe lettet states they were driven by a gale and landed at a moose factory in James Bay, on December. 21. with little clothing, every possession being thrown out of the balloon in order to keep it up. Winds tlrove the machine far north, the airmen terribly distressed by hunger and cold. One of them asked his comrades to kill him and eat him and rescue themselves. Finally, hearing a dog bark, they landed in a wilderness, where Indian trappers rescued them, and the first news of their -whereabouts was brought by In- ! runners over the .snow covered trhils to Cochran, and thence telegraphed to civilisation. The airmen, with guides, have been travelling for more than a week from the mooge. factory, which is the Hudson Bay Company’s trading post, Wut they have not yet reached Cochran. One airman is Hinton, of fame. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.